#4E5716#4E5716

#4E5716 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.087 H 117.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5716
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 74.7%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.99, -13.30, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.99, 37.20, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% -0.0397 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.087 117)
XYZ	xyz(6.6951, 8.4941, 2.0457)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5716 #1F1657

analogous

#574016 #4E5716 #2E5716

triadic

#4E5716 #164E57 #57164E

tetradic

#4E5716 #165740 #1F1657 #57162E

square

#4E5716 #165740 #1F1657 #57162E

split-complementary

#4E5716 #162E57 #401657

monochromatic

#161806 #22260A #4E5716 #7A8822 #A6B92F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4E5716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5716

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5716	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D520C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53524A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.087 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828658',
    500: '#4e5716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5716;
$custom-light: #828658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43502,
    "c": 0.08736,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.08494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5716

secondary

#463A8E

accent

#45E35B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5716

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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